12 January 2007

Wind speed: 319–379 mph 511–609 km/h never observedPotential damage: Inconceivable damage. The F6 level, while present in Dr. Ted Fujita'soriginal wind scale, is not an official damagelevel and is not used to rate tornadoes. Thereis, by definition, no such thing as an 'F6' tornado.

Sometimes it is necessary to add a text in order to understandthe context of a picture. This is however one of the mysteriesabout photography - often you are better off without explanations.This picture needs a text though.

As an experiment I will not submit the text that goes with thepicture at once - in order to give you a chance to share your feelings about it.-urbano--------------------------------------------Well, this is a quite well known picture at least to some of us.I can´t help thinking about the photographer. What made himor her point the camera in that direction away from the scenein the street? Was it a deliberate choice? A brave photographerby all means. There is no information to find other than the text:"A Frenchman weeps as German soldiers march into the Frenchcapital, Paris, on June 14, 1940, after the Allied armies had beendriven back across France."